Lintel.



F. HEATH.

LINTEL APPLICATION mfp :uns 9. 191s.

f Ptented Oct. 23,1917.

TTUHNEYS l mmmmmx HEATH; or' TAcoMli, WAzalpzlveron.`

u LINTEL.

combinations and arrangements herein de- :scribed and claimed.

An oloject'ot' lnvinvention is to provide l'intels which may be inadein varying sizes 15 by-they 'use ol. hollovv blocks, theseljilocks 'bei-nethe same as those which are used in buildingjhollow walls.

.10 lintel constructions, and it 'consists in the A further object of my, invention -is to4 provide a lintel construction, built ot liol 20 low, blocks, inwhich .lintels ot' various ywidths may hebuilt, without thenecessity 4of #Sing additional forms. of blocks.

Y f'further ohjefit of my. invention is to .yprol'f'le a lintel construction in which 4the 25.5blocks forming the' lintel are not only joined together longitudinally by ineens of reinforcing rods, butler-e also locked together laterally by the same rods.

Other objects and advantag'ges will appear 80 inthe following specicetioinand the novel features of the invention will he particulrly pointed out in the' appended claims.

My invention is illustratedv in the accompany-ing' drawings, forming part of' this ap- 85 plicatiom interinali-. V

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lintel formed from a single row of blocks.

Fig. 2 is af section' throughstmodified form. showing;r a. wideinlintel, lin which two '4. rows of blocks are-used.

Fig. Sis a, diafl'rnmn iatical plan view 'on reduced scale of the lintel shown'in Fig. 2. Fig. i is a' view similar to Fig. 3, showing another modifiedfforln, in which the lintel 45 is n still greater width.

Fig. 5 is asection along the line 5?) of Fig. 3, and

Fig. o i .19 Fig. 3,

ln carrying out rnv invention. I ineke use of hollowhlocks. ln Fig. l the block is section alonfhi the line of side of Jthe ventral void larger voids which 5 in thelllust1-ation are shown as filled with forcing rods 1t not only Vbind the struc# Spe'iatin'f Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 23. 1917.

Application filed June 9, 1916. Serial No. 102,634. i

concrete (l. 'lhesehloeks without theconcrete filling'4 are the saine asfare used in making hollow walls and in cmnection with them 'I use a block. l), seedling'. 5, havinga central void, which -in Fig-5 is Shown aS' filled witlr concrete C. .I

The blocks A and I) are used lfogetlu'n" when building lintels of, say, greater Width Ythen eight inches.. I may, however, make the lintel entirely of the blocks A. In 'I*`ig.. l, the lintel as shown is made up of aserier: of blocks A, laid end to end. In preparing the 'linteh these blocks A are preferably -laid vertically, one ou top of the other.` 4Reinforcingr rods ll are then-placedfin position `in the side voids, nenr that wallwhich will be the bottom'of the finished lintel, und then plastic concrete C is poured into the larger.sidemvoids' until these voids have been r eo'nupletely,l filled. It will beunderstood, of 75 eourse,that`the joints between the blocks are filled with mortar..

N ow, when the concrete has set, the lintel v will be heldtogether firmly andf .can be used as a unitary structure. The lintel is joined Iogether laterally as well as longif tudinally, owing tothe reinforcing rods-R. In making a wider lintel, I use, as stated, the block D in conjuJn-tion with the .block A. As wilLlbe seen froinllig. 2, the blocks I) and A .ere staggeredi'or considering one row, the l'fncks-.;\ and. D alternate. The reinforcing, rods R, in this instance, 'are placed so .tl it the rod which passes throuh one of thellvoids ot' the jthree-void -bloc also passes 4throughthe single voidof .the ndjacenthlock et either end. Now,` when' the concrete is'poured in and allowed to set, l this will form L linteFin which the reinture together,longitudinal-ly, 'hut also lat- 'era-lly,.thus ;obviating the necessity olf the use of additional 'binding means.

In Fig. 4, l' have showna further modii' i liczitlon, 1n which one seetlon ot the lmtel consists of two threvoid blocks, the adju.- lacent section eonsistlng ot one three-void and two one-void blocks. ln thIsl metalli-c,

as in the case shown in Figs. 3 and 5 ro1lt5f- '1051 pass-through thevoids in such a mannerthat the Structure-.fis `locked together latshown in general atA. l't will he noted that. emily awvell'ns longitndilmlly.

the block has a centml void B and on either In Fig. 1, the ouh-r sulfares of ihn hlnrk are 'shown ns piovidrll willi rurrngal mit l.

These tori-ligation :moinillwl -Innn llw Urt diagrammatic views 3 and 4 for the sake of clearness, e., to more clearly show the reil'iforcing rods. d

'It will be readily understood that there is considerable advantage in forming lintels in this manner. As stated before, the three-void blocks und the one-void blocks are used in making hollow walls and the same blocks may beused for the lintels. The fact that the lintels can be made of varyin widths and still. -be joined together lateralFy as well as longitudinally is another feature. Lintels made in this manner are exceedingly strong and have the advantage that they can be made very readily by any! one on the spot where they are to be used, thus obviating the necessity ofv transportingI heavy lintels.

'I claim:

1. In a lintel construction, a plurality of sections of hollow blocks laid end to end, alternate sections being identical in arrangement, and certain blocks of one sec tion overlapping a plurality of blocks of adjacent sections', reinforcing rods running through said blocks and through the over- 'lapping blocks at either end, and plastic 1,2,aas

material filling said hollow blocks and embedding said rods.'

2. In a lintelconstruction, a plurality of sections of hollow blor'lts laid end to end, alternate sections being identical in arrangement, certain blocks of one section each overlapping -a plurality of blocks of adjacent sections, reinforcing rods passing through all of the overlapping sections longitudinally of the lintel, and plastic material filling said hollow blocks and embedding said rods.

3. In a lintel construction, a plurality of sections laid end te sndeach section being lcomposed of a plurality of hollow'blocks,

said blocks having one or more voids, the onevoid blocks of any section registering at each end thereof with blocks in adjacent.`

sections having a plurality of voids, renforcing rods extending through said registering voids longitudinally of the lintel and concrete filling the voids containing the rc'- inforcing rods and embedding the latter, and binding material between the joints at the ends of the adjacent blocks.

FREDERICK HEATH. 

